Sarah Nettleton presents her six paths to simple sustainability, each illustrated by examples of human-scaled, unadorned homes with straightforward floor plans from her book, The Simple Home. For everyone who craves a simpler lifestyle, not only in how they live but also where they live, her book features 21 houses and presents six different approaches to creating a home that realizes its full potential both simply and elegantly.
Her six paths to simplicity are each illustrated by human-scaled, unadorned homes with straightforward floor plans and forms. These are open, light-filled houses (with rooms or spaces that are often multipurpose) that express their beauty in their utility and practicality. Simple homes are low maintenance and often green, designed for homeowners who wish to embody a different set of values in their housing choices than the run-of-the-mill starter castles littering the landscape.
The 6 Paths:
- Simple is Enough
- Simple is Thrifty
- Simple is Flexible
- Simple is Timeless
- Simple is Sustainable
- Simple is Refined
In this podcast, Nettleton discusses living in complex times, in a commodified, virtual, and overstimulated culture, and how to escape that reality for a more satisfying life through simplicity. By using architecture, she tries to at once give a vocabulary to common sense concepts of the simple, while at the same time offering concrete examples of what steps can be taken towards living a new lifestyle.
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